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Volume of retail trade up by 0.9% in euro area
In February 2020 – the month before COVID-19 containment measures began to be widely introduced by Member States –, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade increased by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU, compared with January 2020, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In January 2020, the retail trade volume increased by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU. In the euro area in February 2020, compared with January 2020, the volume of retail trade increased by 2.4% for food, drinks and tobacco and 0.2% for non-food products, while automotive ... (full story)